June 1, 2020 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Parking lot quilting bee

_1JF5620 — Members of the Queen Bees, a subgroup of the Brandywine Valley Quilting Guild, work on their project in the parking lot at Painters’ Crossing shopping center. Using parking lots is how they can meet while still maintaining social distancing.

Quilters show off the quilt they are raffling off at a quilting show in October.

Social distancing has put a crimp into many activities so, when you can’t meet at a friend’s home, you have to make due. And the Queen Bees — a subgroup of the Brandywine Valley Quilting Guild — have been setting up in parking lots.

Often the choice of which lot depends on what they feel like eating that day, one said in the Painters Crossing parking lot near Nudy’s on Sunday. The Bees have been around for four years, but the larger group had been around for more than 30.

Members of the group agreed that the lockdown has made getting together more difficult, but the parking lots work. COVID-19 has also affected guild meetings and quilting classes. Even they are being done on Zoom.

But the group has been productive. Members began working on a quilt last August that’s to be raffled off at a quilt show planned for October in Brookhaven.

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Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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Ballot drop-off points added

Along the Ford

The Chester County Board of Elections approved today the addition of five secure drop-off locations for mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 Primary Election. These additional sites have been created to accommodate voters who are concerned that their mail-in ballot may be returned too late by the postal service to be counted.

The five new drop-off locations are added to the drop-off location already established at the Chester County Government Services Center in West Chester. Each drop-off location contains a locked, tamper-proof dropbox which is guarded and will not be left unattended at any time.

From Monday, June 1 through to primary election day, Tuesday, June 2, the following locations will accept mail-in and absentee ballots:

Chester County Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester. Located in the lobby. Open all hours until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2.

Chester County Public Safety Training Campus, 137 Modena Road, Coatesville. Located at the test site greeter station. Open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Longwood Gardens South Parking Lot, 1010 East Baltimore Pike, located at the test site greeter station. Open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Kimberton Fair Grounds, 762 Pike Springs Road, Phoenixville. Located in the parking lot. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Warwick County Park, 191 County Park Road, Pottstown, Located in the park office. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Battle of the Clouds Park, 125 North Phoenixville Pike, Malvern, Located in the parking lot. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

All mail-in and absentee ballots are due by 8 p.m. on primary election day, Tuesday, June 2. Under state election law, voters are only permitted to place their own ballots in the secure drop boxes at the drop-off locations, and cannot drop off ballots for relatives, friends or others.

Chester County received just under 92,000 mail-in and absentee ballot application requests by the application deadline on May 26 and has so far received nearly 65,000 returned ballots by mail.

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Adopt-a-Pet June 1

Home and Leisure

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester.

Daisy

Left behind when her family had to move, Daisy is a fun-loving girl who will brighten your day with her smile. A big fan of treats, this girl can sit and will be happy to learn more tricks for more treats. Neck scratches are her favorite, but she loves all affection. Daisy is hoping for a home with adults or older children where she can be the only fur child. You can adopt Daisy for a fee you name through Sunday, June 7.

Trinity

Gorgeous, tri-colored Trinity is a coy girl who promises to charm you with her amazing personality and her beautiful amber eyes. Like many calicos, she secretly dreams of becoming someone’s forever lap-cat. You can adopt Trinity for a fee you name through Sunday, June 7.

For more information, go to www.bvspca.org or phone 484-302-0865.

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